Tag: Glen Affric

After a busy winter I can’t believe we are edging closer to spring, the last few weeks have been absolutely beautiful up here, two weeks of sunshine in February quite wonderful! Alex and I are now getting ready for the coming season. Our weekend and day courses start in April and our first Relaxation Retreat is … read more…

Christmas is over and the new year is here. We are back at Higher Crochail after nearly a month away. It is lovely to be home. We were lucky enough to have various sheep sitters looking after our girls. The most shocking thing about our return, was a gift from our resident Pine Marten. She … read more…

As Autumn gives way to winter up here we have started to get organised for the months ahead. Alex has been busy building up our log stack, we have taken down and dried out the Ger that we had up over the summer and we have picked as many berries as we could find. Unfortunately, … read more…

The very first snow arrived today, marking the end of our Summer and Autumn season. We ended with our September and October relaxation retreats, both were lovely weeks that Joany and I enjoyed running. We met some great people, who had lots of interesting and inspiring stories to tell. The weeks combined morning yoga, walking, … read more…

Mongolian style felt-making We have just finished our fleece to felt week for this year. We had an excellent group of people and a lovely week. We had a great dyeing session making nearly 30 shades of colour, we visited Nathalie on her farm, where we saw her beautiful Shetland sheep, we also had a … read more…

It is here! Our review in the Guardian, or you can click on this link Relaxation Retreat. More information about our relaxation retreats is here. Scotland for the soul: a relaxation retreat in the Highlands A new relaxation retreat in northern Scotland strips life back to the simple pleasures of being creative in one of the … read more…

This May, we are running a new week. Our yoga and walking week combines a little bit of everything. We are taking elements of our Naturally Wild week and some from our Autumnal Relaxation Retreat and creating something really special for the spring. Our Spring Relaxation Week combines, morning yoga with afternoon walks to beautiful … read more…

The days are feeling much shorter and the sun cooler. We have been out busy foraging autumnal berries. Why is it we never make enough sloe vodka to last until the following year’s batch is ready? -it must be the more we make the more we give away! There is nothing quite like it on a cold … read more…

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Enjoy a relaxing week learning natural dyeing and hand-spinning. Spend time outdoors in the woods, watching Alex hand-shear one of our Shetland sheep and forage for Highland dye plants. Make beautiful natural dyes and dye Shetland fleece a range of stunning colours.Spend a day mid-week in Glen Affric and Plodda falls taking in some of our stunning Highland scenery. The last two days are spent learning to spin with Alison. Learn about the fleece and how to use a wheel to spin your own naturally dyed yarn. Produce your own hank of hand spun wool and have a relaxed and enjoyable time while you do it.Stay in a beautifully converted barn, enjoy home-cooking and a relaxing pace of life, with many lovely walks on your door step. We provide all the workshops, accommodation, meals, transport and transfers. We pick all our guests up from Inverness which can be easily reached by bus, train or plane (Easyjet, Flybe).If you are interested in Escaping get in touch..www.wildrose-escapes.co.uk... See MoreSee Less

Natural Dyeing & Spinning Craft Retreat

June 30, 2018, 5:00pm - July 7, 2018, 10:00am

Enjoy a relaxing week learning natural dyeing and hand-spinning. Spend time outdoors in the woods, watching Alex hand-shear one of our Shetland sheep and forage for Highland dye plants. Make beautiful natural dyes and dye Shetland fleece a range of stunning colours.
Spend a day mid-week in Glen Affric and Plodda falls taking in some of our stunning Highland scenery.
The last two days are spent learning to spin with Alison. Learn about the fleece and how to use a wheel to spin your own naturally dyed yarn. Produce your own hank of hand spun wool and have a relaxed and enjoyable time while you do it.
Stay in a beautifully converted barn, enjoy home-cooking and a relaxing pace of life, with many lovely walks on your door step.
We provide all the workshops, accommodation, meals, transport and transfers. We pick all our guests up from Inverness which can be easily reached by bus, train or plane (Easyjet, Flybe).
If you are interested in Escaping get in touch..
www.wildrose-escapes.co.uk

Learn to felt using naturally dyed fleece. Create a beautiful wall-hanging, bag, scarf or other smaller items using Shetland fleece from our own small flock of sheep. All the fleece we use has been dyed naturally using plant dyes. Wet felt a piece and then create beautiful details with needle felting. The workshop includes lunch on both days. Stay in the woods in the yurt or stay locally at the campsite or one of the many B&B's. We are based in a beautiful woodland, on the edge of Glen Affric, in the Highlands of Scotland. Inverness can be reached by bus, train or plane (Easyjet, Flybe). ... See MoreSee Less

Felting workshop using naturally dyed fleece

April 21, 2018, 10:00am - April 22, 2018, 4:00pm

Learn to felt using naturally dyed fleece. Create a beautiful wall-hanging, bag, scarf or other smaller items using Shetland fleece from our own small flock of sheep. All the fleece we use has been dyed naturally using plant dyes. Wet felt a piece and then create beautiful details with needle felting. The workshop includes lunch on both days. Stay in the woods in the yurt or stay locally at the campsite or one of the many B&B's.
We are based in a beautiful woodland, on the edge of Glen Affric, in the Highlands of Scotland. Inverness can be reached by bus, train or plane (Easyjet, Flybe).